Give battle now, besieging(5 letters)
Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Give battle now, besieging”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025.
The answer is
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Other clues that solve to AWARD
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- #5 down Prize (5) 11th August 2026
- #29 down Grant (5) 26th April 2026
- #27 down Prize (5) 14th April 2026
- #27 down Prize (5) 11th August 2025
- #35 across Give battle now, besieging (5) 1st August 2025
- #10 across Prize (5) 15th July 2025
- #26 down Grant (5) 26th February 2025
- #10 down Grant (5) 3rd February 2025
- #8 across Grant (5) 16th August 2024
- #11 across A drawback for Oscar, say? (5) 5th August 2024
- #17 down Grant (5) 5th July 2024
- #29 down Grant (5) 15th April 2024
- #16 down Grant (5) 26th September 2023
- #10 down Grant (5) 10th October 2022
- #2 across Grant (5) 10th May 2022
- #29 down Grant (5) 27th April 2022
- #40 across Grant (5) 21st April 2022
- #10 down Grant (5) 4th March 2022
- #10 down For the prize draw, a stand (5) 21st January 2022
- #10 across Prize (5) 27th September 2021
- #27 down Grant (5) 28th July 2021
- #29 down Grant (5) 30th June 2021
- #5 down Prize (5) 14th April 2021
- #27 down Prize (5) 18th January 2021
- #29 down Grant (5) 16th November 2020
- #26 down A drawback to Oscar, for instance (5) 12th August 2020
- #35 across Give battle now, besieging (5) 31st July 2020
- #28 down Grant (5) 22nd August 2019
- #10 across Prize (5) 22nd April 2019
- #26 down Grant (5) 24th December 2018
- #10 down Grant (5) 29th November 2018
- #8 across Grant (5) 29th June 2018
- #17 down Grant (5) 18th May 2018
- #11 across A drawback for Oscar, say? (5) 15th May 2018
More clues from this puzzle
Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 1st August 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.
- #1 down It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong (6)
- #2 down Mark the urban area where there's shortage (8)
- #3 down Drink you having during flight when it's cold? (3,2,3,3)
- #4 down Well, then I got confused and embarrassed (2,3,4)
- #5 down They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots! (7)
- #6 down Keeps a close eye on, though there's no longer any resistance (6,4)
- #7 down So you take leave at the end of September (4)
- #8 across Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girl (5,2)
- #9 across Going off then to pack a kind of vase (2,3,4)
- #10 down Having the salesman walk up to is smart (6)
- #11 down Argument coming back I'd got terribly upset by (7)